At first I thought it was silly‘of course I would just eat leftovers’and then I got to thinkingand in reality I usually don’t eat leftovers when I eat alone.

My favorite meal for one is chicken and rice.Not chicken and rice with garlic, spices, and a saladbut a chicken breast roasted with seasoned salt and freshly cracked pepperwith some chicken broth added in during the last half of roastingthen when it’s readythe chicken gets shredded and unceremoniously dumped over steaming white rice with the broth.

That’s my meal for just me.

I find myself eating cereal a lot tooor just Triscuits and cheese.

This week I’ve had cereal two days in a row.The first time it was because Hub was on call and I didn’t feel like cookingand the second time was because I just used up all my energy trying to work out an argument.

I felt that if I cooked anything it might end up with only the hottest spices in the housetopped off with a splash of HATRED and ANGER.

So cornflakes and whole milk it was.It seemed safer that way.

Last night I did start making watermelon sorbet thoughand will finish it tonight.

I can’t promise there won’t be cayenne in itbut it actually might be better that way.

I’ve done some heavy duty cooking this weekand this weekend will be much of the same.

I made macarons for the first time last weekthanks to a recipe from this guy.

They turned out beautifullyand they are slated to be made this weekend againbecause Hub and I ate every last one of them the same day they were made.

Playing around with fillings will be the project this time aroundI have a few Rose Levy Beranbaum recipes lined upNutella in the pantryand home-made jam in the fridge.

The jam was a gift from a coworkerbecause, sadly, I have not yet marched into preserving territory.I do have a book on itbut the fear of inadvertently poisoning myself and Hub has not yet dissipated so fun and games with with berries, cucumbers, tomatoes, chiles…(you get the picture)will have to wait.

Also on the list for this weekend is finding what to do with the rest of the watermelon I have.

Our CSA delivered it to us right before July 4thand half of it went into the sorbet.

The other half is sitting in my fridgelaughing at me.

It’s been quite meloney at our house lately.

We got cantaloupe in our CSA delivery this week and I think that is going to go with some cured ham of some sortsince I’ve actually never paired it with that.

My favorite way to eat it is with super cold cottage cheese(why yes, that has been an alone meal)but I’m trying to branch out here.

I might as well get through the tried and true combosthat way when I want to get WILD AND CRAZYI’ll have some sort of foundation on which to build.

That has been my mission lately:to try out the classics.

I feel like I read about them so muchand see how people play with thembut when I get to thinking about itI realize how much I haven’t triedand that’s simply unacceptable.

Lately my weekends have turned into project-cooking-timeand the projects recently have been classic recipes and pairings.

Seeing as that has resulted in things like macarons, stuffed squash blossoms, and progressively better stockI think I shall continue the trend.